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The Nock gun, also known as the Volley Gun was a seven-barreled flintlock smoothbore firearm produced briefly by the British Royal Navy during the Napoleonic Wars. It was invented by the firm of Henry Nock, for the purpose of arming snipers in the rigging of ships. Nock believed that it would allow British sailors to fire devastating volleys onto the decks of enemy ships during close-quarter engagements, but manufacture was discontinued after only a small number were produced.
The '''Nock Gun''' was a seven-barreled flintlock firearm produced briefly for the British Royal Navy during the Napoleonic Wars, and a rare example of a handheld volley gun. The first three examples were rifled, but all others were smoothbore: around 608 more were made, with 500 being for the Royal Navy. Civilian variants were also made for fowl hunting. It was invented by the firm of Henry Nock, for the purpose of arming snipers in the rigging of ships: the weapon essentially uses the undesirable "chain-fire" phenomenon of black-powder revolvers by design, with the flash from the number 1 barrel being allowed to propagate into the others to set them off at more or less the same time. Nock believed that it would allow British sailors to fire devastating volleys onto the decks of enemy ships during close-quarter engagements, but manufacture was discontinued after only a small number were produced.


The weapon proved to be impractical for a number of reasons, chief among them being the recoil: the force of seven half-inch barrels, firing simultaneously, was enough to dislocate or break the shoulder bone of a man using it and made the weapon nearly impossible to aim. Additionally, for someone firing from high in the rigging of a ship, the gun greatly increased the risks of being knocked down and plunging to the deck, or accidentally setting fire to the sails (one of the reasons why Nelson refused to allow his captains to post snipers of any kind in their rigging during the Battle of Trafalgar).
The weapon proved to be impractical for a number of reasons, chief among them being the recoil: the force of seven half-inch barrels, firing simultaneously, was enough to dislocate or break the shoulder bone of a man using it and made the weapon nearly impossible to aim. Orders were later given to load the gun with only a half-charge, which bought the recoil under control but made the weapon useless for its intended purpose and little more than a giant shotgun. In the heat of battle it was also not unknown for sailors to forget which barrels had powder in them, making it very easy to accidentally double-load the gun, a problem compounded by one or more barrels frequently failing to fire. Additionally, for someone firing from high in the rigging of a ship, the gun greatly increased the risks of being knocked down and plunging to the deck, or accidentally setting fire to the sails (one of the reasons why Nelson refused to allow his captains to post snipers of any kind in their rigging during the Battle of Trafalgar).


'''Specifications'''
This is not the only "Nock Gun," simply the most well-known: Nock was a prolific gunmaker who was well-known for his double-barrel shotguns and duelling pistols, and is thought to have done work for Elisha Collier. He also invented a very similar-looking musket to the classic Nock gun, this one a pepperbox rifle with six barrels that were manually rotated. Nock's company continued after his death in 1804, run by his son-in-law James Wilkinson, eventually becoming Wilkinson Sword.
*Barrel length: 20 inches (508 mm)
*Cartridge: .52 inches (13.2 mm)
*Action: Flintlock
*Rate of fire: Seven rounds per discharge, reloading rate variable
*Muzzle velocity: Variable
*Effective range: Variable
*Feed system: Muzzle loaded


'''The Nock Gun aka 'The Volley Gun' has been seen in the following used by the following actors:'''
As with most antique weapons, Nock guns seen in live-action productions are quite likely to be modern replicas or non-functional props.
 
'''The Nock Gun has been seen in the following used by the following actors:'''
 
==Specifications==
*'''Barrel length:''' 20 inches (508 mm)
*'''Caliber:''' .52 Caliber (13.2 mm)
*'''Action:''' Flintlock
*'''Rate of fire:''' 7 rounds per discharge, several minutes to reload
*'''Feed system:''' Muzzle-loaded


==Films==
==Films==
* [[Richard Widmark]] as Jim Bowie in ''[[Alamo, The (1960)]]''
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* Seen in the antique weapons collection, tripod mounted in ''[[The Living Daylights]]''.
|-bgcolor=#D0E7FF
* Seen in the armory of Smith ([[Lance Reddick]]) in ''[[Jonah Hex]]''.
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="280"|'''Title'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="170"|'''Actor'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="200"|'''Character'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="250"|'''Note'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="50"|'''Date'''
|-
| ''[[Alamo, The (1960)|The Alamo]]'' || [[Richard Widmark]] || Jim Bowie || || 1960
|-
| ''[[The Living Daylights]]'' || || || Seen in Brad Whitaker's weapon collection || 1987
|-
| ''[[Sharpe's Company]]'' || [[Daragh O'Malley]] || Patrick Harper || || 1994
|-
| ''[[Sharpe's Company]]'' || [[Pete Postlethwaite]] || Sgt. Obadiah Hakeswill || || 1994
|-
| ''[[Sharpe's Company]]'' || [[Sean Bean]] || Richard Sharpe || || 1994
|-
| ''[[Sharpe's Honour]]'' || [[Daragh O'Malley]] || Patrick Harper || || 1994
|-
| ''[[Sharpe's Gold]]'' || [[Daragh O'Malley]] || Patrick Harper || || 1994
|-
| ''[[Sharpe's Battle]]'' || [[Daragh O'Malley]] || Patrick Harper || || 1995
|-
| ''[[Sharpe's Sword]]'' || [[Daragh O'Malley]] || Patrick Harper || || 1995
|-
| ''[[Sharpe's Regiment]]'' || [[Daragh O'Malley]] || Patrick Harper || || 1996
|-
| ''[[Sharpe's Siege]]'' || [[Daragh O'Malley]] || Patrick Harper || || 1996
|-
| ''[[Sharpe's Mission]]'' || [[Daragh O'Malley]] || Patrick Harper || || 1996
|-
| ''[[Sharpe's Revenge]]'' || [[Daragh O'Malley]] || Patrick Harper || || 1997
|-
| ''[[Sharpe's Waterloo]]'' || [[Daragh O'Malley]] || Patrick Harper || || 1997
|-
| ''[[Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World]]'' || || British sailors || || 2003
|-
| ''[[Sharpe's Challenge]]'' || [[Daragh O'Malley]] || Patrick Harper || || 2006
|-
| ''[[My Name Is Bruce]]'' || || A townsperson || || 2007
|-
| ''[[Sharpe's Peril]]'' || [[Daragh O'Malley]] || Patrick Harper || || 2008
|-
| ''[[Jonah Hex]]'' || || || Seen in Smith's armory || 2010
|-
| ''[[Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter]]'' || [[Dominic Cooper]] || Henry Sturgess || || 2012
|-
|''[[Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters]]''||[[Gemma Arterton]]||Gretel||||2013
|-
| ''[[Forbidden Empire]]'' || [[Jason Flemyng]] || Jonathan Green  || || 2014
|-
| ''[[Journey to China: The Mystery of Iron Mask]]'' || ||  || || 2019
|-
|}


==Television==
==Television==
* [[Daragh O'Malley]] as Patrick Harper in ''[[Sharpe's Company]]'' and subsequent episodes of the ''Sharpe'' miniseries.
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;" border="1" style="border: 1px solid #D0E7FF; background-color:#ffffff; text-align:left; font-size: 95%"
* [[Pete Postlethwaite]] as Sgt. Obadiah Hakeswill in ''[[Sharpe's Company]]''.
|-bgcolor=#D0E7FF
* Featured in the TV Series ''[[ American Guns]]'' episode 5 season 2. A customer has one custom made.
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="280"|'''Title'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="170"|'''Actor'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="200"|'''Character'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="250"|'''Note'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="50"|'''Date'''
|-
| ''[[The Young Riders]]'' || [[Stephen Baldwin]] || William F. "Billy" Cody || "The Kid" (S1E1) || 1989
|-
| ''[[The Young Riders]]'' || [[Josh Brolin]] || James Butler "Jimmy" Hickok || "The Kid" (S1E1) || 1989
|-
| ''[[Banshee - Season 2]]'' || || || Seen in Proctor's illegal weapon arsenal (S2E8) || 2014
|-
|}
 
==Anime==
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|-bgcolor=#D0E7FF
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="275"|'''Show Title'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="275"|'''Character'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="300"|'''Notation'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="100"|'''Date'''
|-
| ''[[InuYasha]]'' || Renkotsu || || 2000-2004
|-
|}


==Video Games==
==Video Games==
* ''[[Gun]]''.
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;" border="1" style="border: 1px solid #D0E7FF; background-color:#ffffff; text-align:left; font-size: 95%"
|-bgcolor=#D0E7FF
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="300"|'''Title'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="300"|'''Appears as'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="250"|'''Note'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="100"|'''Release Date'''
|-
| ''[[Gun (VG)|Gun]]'' || || 8-barreled || 2005
|-
| ''[[Days Gone]]'' || "Nock Volley" || Incorrectly depicted as a breech-loading, break-action shotgun loaded via speedloader || 2019
|-
|}


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Latest revision as of 06:03, 26 February 2022

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Nock Gun - .52 Caliber

The Nock Gun was a seven-barreled flintlock firearm produced briefly for the British Royal Navy during the Napoleonic Wars, and a rare example of a handheld volley gun. The first three examples were rifled, but all others were smoothbore: around 608 more were made, with 500 being for the Royal Navy. Civilian variants were also made for fowl hunting. It was invented by the firm of Henry Nock, for the purpose of arming snipers in the rigging of ships: the weapon essentially uses the undesirable "chain-fire" phenomenon of black-powder revolvers by design, with the flash from the number 1 barrel being allowed to propagate into the others to set them off at more or less the same time. Nock believed that it would allow British sailors to fire devastating volleys onto the decks of enemy ships during close-quarter engagements, but manufacture was discontinued after only a small number were produced.

The weapon proved to be impractical for a number of reasons, chief among them being the recoil: the force of seven half-inch barrels, firing simultaneously, was enough to dislocate or break the shoulder bone of a man using it and made the weapon nearly impossible to aim. Orders were later given to load the gun with only a half-charge, which bought the recoil under control but made the weapon useless for its intended purpose and little more than a giant shotgun. In the heat of battle it was also not unknown for sailors to forget which barrels had powder in them, making it very easy to accidentally double-load the gun, a problem compounded by one or more barrels frequently failing to fire. Additionally, for someone firing from high in the rigging of a ship, the gun greatly increased the risks of being knocked down and plunging to the deck, or accidentally setting fire to the sails (one of the reasons why Nelson refused to allow his captains to post snipers of any kind in their rigging during the Battle of Trafalgar).

This is not the only "Nock Gun," simply the most well-known: Nock was a prolific gunmaker who was well-known for his double-barrel shotguns and duelling pistols, and is thought to have done work for Elisha Collier. He also invented a very similar-looking musket to the classic Nock gun, this one a pepperbox rifle with six barrels that were manually rotated. Nock's company continued after his death in 1804, run by his son-in-law James Wilkinson, eventually becoming Wilkinson Sword.

As with most antique weapons, Nock guns seen in live-action productions are quite likely to be modern replicas or non-functional props.

The Nock Gun has been seen in the following used by the following actors:

Specifications

  • Barrel length: 20 inches (508 mm)
  • Caliber: .52 Caliber (13.2 mm)
  • Action: Flintlock
  • Rate of fire: 7 rounds per discharge, several minutes to reload
  • Feed system: Muzzle-loaded

Films

Title Actor Character Note Date
The Alamo Richard Widmark Jim Bowie 1960
The Living Daylights Seen in Brad Whitaker's weapon collection 1987
Sharpe's Company Daragh O'Malley Patrick Harper 1994
Sharpe's Company Pete Postlethwaite Sgt. Obadiah Hakeswill 1994
Sharpe's Company Sean Bean Richard Sharpe 1994
Sharpe's Honour Daragh O'Malley Patrick Harper 1994
Sharpe's Gold Daragh O'Malley Patrick Harper 1994
Sharpe's Battle Daragh O'Malley Patrick Harper 1995
Sharpe's Sword Daragh O'Malley Patrick Harper 1995
Sharpe's Regiment Daragh O'Malley Patrick Harper 1996
Sharpe's Siege Daragh O'Malley Patrick Harper 1996
Sharpe's Mission Daragh O'Malley Patrick Harper 1996
Sharpe's Revenge Daragh O'Malley Patrick Harper 1997
Sharpe's Waterloo Daragh O'Malley Patrick Harper 1997
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World British sailors 2003
Sharpe's Challenge Daragh O'Malley Patrick Harper 2006
My Name Is Bruce A townsperson 2007
Sharpe's Peril Daragh O'Malley Patrick Harper 2008
Jonah Hex Seen in Smith's armory 2010
Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter Dominic Cooper Henry Sturgess 2012
Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters Gemma Arterton Gretel 2013
Forbidden Empire Jason Flemyng Jonathan Green 2014
Journey to China: The Mystery of Iron Mask 2019

Television

Title Actor Character Note Date
The Young Riders Stephen Baldwin William F. "Billy" Cody "The Kid" (S1E1) 1989
The Young Riders Josh Brolin James Butler "Jimmy" Hickok "The Kid" (S1E1) 1989
Banshee - Season 2 Seen in Proctor's illegal weapon arsenal (S2E8) 2014

Anime

Show Title Character Notation Date
InuYasha Renkotsu 2000-2004

Video Games

Title Appears as Note Release Date
Gun 8-barreled 2005
Days Gone "Nock Volley" Incorrectly depicted as a breech-loading, break-action shotgun loaded via speedloader 2019
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